From this Bald Eagle I met at the Vancouver Yacht Club...
...to this Rufous-sided Towhee in Bear Creek Park.
From one of Stanley Park's famous herons...
...to a Canada gosling at Horseshoe Bay.
From this dandy little fellow, who may or may not be a Varied Thrush...
...to this one I can't seem to identify at all.
2007 has been for the birds...
...and the ladybugs...
...and whatever this is!
I think the bird you can't identify is a Junco...we have tons here during the winter. The are ground feeders, always eating the seeds that fall rather than eating from the feeders themselves. Cardinals are the same way.
ReplyDeleteThe bird books are all very misleading. Bird models must be like human models - only the tall and thin ones get drawn and/or photographed.
ReplyDeleteThe juncos in all my bird books look like robins, and this bird was chickadee-sized. The Rufous-sided Towhee was the same, a small fat bird but in the book a sleek, robin-sized one. I could only identify it by its coloration.
Thanks for the tip.
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